This groundbreaking novel in verse from Walter Dean Myers—two-time Newbery Honor winner and five-time Coretta Scott King Award winner—is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story set in Harlem.
Meet four gorgeous women dealing with the ups and downs of being in love with men well-known in the streets of Atlanta.
An anthology of urban fiction by African American authors features such themes as sacrifice, race, survival, and the importance of family.
This story told in free verse is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in which seventeen-year-old African American Damien takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love will not be separated.
In this Harlem story told in free verse, seventeen-year-old Damien takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love will not be separated.